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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said he takes unidentified drone flights in his state “deadly seriously.”
“These are apparently … as I understand it, very sophisticated,” Murphy told a group of reporters in a clip posted to social platform X Monday.
“The minute you get eyes on them, they go dark. And you know, of course, we’re most concerned about sensitive targets and sensitive, critical infrastructure. We have military assets, we have utility assets, we have the president-elect’s, one of his home, here. It’s something we take deadly seriously,” he added.
Last week, in a post on X, Murphy he said “convened a briefing” with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as well as other key figures in the Department of Homeland Security, New Jersey’s government “and members of our congressional delegation to discuss reported drone activity over parts of northern and central New Jersey.”
“We are actively monitoring the situation and in close coordination with our federal and law enforcement partners on this matter. There is no known threat to the public at this time,” Murphy added.
In the clip posted to X Monday, the Garden State governor told reporters that he and other officials “see no concern for public safety.”
“It’s really frustrating that we don’t have more answers about where they’re coming from and why they’re doing what they’re doing,” Murphy said in the clip.
FBI Field Office in Newark, NJ, said this last Tuesday along with New Jersey authorities, are “asking the public to report any information related to recent sightings of possible drones flying in several areas along the Raritan River.”
“Witnesses have seen the cluster of what appear to be drones and a possible fixed-wing aircraft. We have reports from the public and law enforcement going back several weeks,” the field office added in a release.
